UK Study Says Coffee br Can Help Get Rid of Fat According to the report, the br beverage can activate cells br that fight fat in one's body. Symonds, who works at br Nottingham University, adds that br this is the first time coffee has br been found to have this quality. Michael Symonds, via br 'USA Today' It was previously believed that br only infants and animalsbr hibernating contained "brown fat." "Brown fat" is said to help br determine how quickly a br person's body can melt away calories. For the study, researchers tested br cell activity in human subjects within br 60 minutes of them having coffee. Symonds goes on to tell 'USA Today' br that researchers will next test if br caffeine can awaken the cells.